"Even if my wording was indeed vague, Multiple Choice seemed to grasp the gist of my needs, though Option Two and Option Three had nothing to do with the issue I wanted to resolve, Option One could indeed take care of that problem about lucid dreams. So, I choose Option One, two o’clock in the morning." Tʜe sourcᴇ of thɪs content ɪs NovelHub(.)net
To Zhang Yanhang, the second option might have appeared more interesting, but he wanted to tackle the issue with lucid dreams, so the unrelated second option, albeit potentially enjoyable, was not within his consideration.
Zhang Yanhang had just come out of the Ashen World in the morning and should, by all rights, be quite fatigued and eager to lie down and sleep immediately.
But this time was different from before; Zhang Yanhang had felt a bit tired when he just returned from the Ashen World, but then he had immediately been promoted to Second Tier. Along with the increase in his Constitution Attribute, he now felt quite energetic and had no desire to sleep at all.
According to the Imperial statistics, a First Tier Awakened only needed six hours of sleep, and for a Second Tier Awakened, this time would reduce further from six hours to four. Moreover, upon promoting to Third Tier, the sleep time would decrease again.
Even to the point that once one reached the Fourth Tier, the Awakened could go without sleep and merely needed a short rest each day to maintain their energy throughout the day.
It was precisely because his promotion to the Second Tier decreased his sleep needs that if Zhang Yanhang were to sleep now, he would likely wake up around one o’clock in the morning and wouldn’t be able to maintain his sleep until two o’clock.
Thus, Zhang Yanhang planned to wait a little longer before going to sleep, at least until around ten or eleven in the evening.
"But what should I do in this time while I’m waiting? Right, today’s adventure hasn’t been triggered yet, and I hope it won’t be late again."
If possible, Zhang Yanhang hoped that today’s adventure would grant him a Spiritual Artifact to increase his Energy Value Recovery Speed, for his current speed of recovery was indeed too slow; even if he operated his Limitless Universe Skill at full capacity, it would take six to seven hours for a full recovery.
If Multiple Choice were smart enough, then instead of a Spiritual Artifact that could only be used in the Main World, Zhang Yanhang’s actual desire was for normal Equipment that could be used in the Ashen World to increase his Energy Value Recovery Speed.
"But to hope for such Equipment to increase Energy Value Recovery Speed from just the daily adventures in the Main World is downright daydreaming." Zhang Yanhang was quite self-aware and felt that even with his promotion to Second Tier, it was unlikely that Multiple Choice would trigger an adventure of that magnitude.
Of course, if Multiple Choice did trigger such an adventure, Zhang Yanhang would gladly accept it.
To give Multiple Choice a chance to trigger an adventure, Zhang Yanhang took out his phone and started browsing randomly. He remembered that last night it was by opening the browser’s advertisement that he triggered the adventure related to the Ice Silk Cool Mattress.
After flipping through various news and ads in the browser for a while without any reaction from Multiple Choice, Zhang Yanhang silently opened Douyin and started watching short videos, mainly because he was really idle since he had no issues to resolve and also did not need to operate the Limitless Universe Skill to recover Energy Value.
Time stealthily passed as he watched the short videos, and when Zhang Yanhang snapped back to his senses, more than two hours had inadvertently slipped by. Glancing at his watch, he was surprised to find it was almost eleven o’clock.
"It seems it’s time to sleep, but it’s nearly eleven, and today’s adventure still hasn’t been triggered. I don’t know if it’s just me, but every time I come back from the Ashen World, the timing of adventures seems abnormal. Usually, most adventures happen during the morning or afternoon, but lately, they’ve been occurring at night and in the wee hours..."
As Zhang Yanhang was thinking this, his hand involuntarily scrolled down once more on the Douyin interface.
A short video questioning the sweetness of Black plum popped up before his eyes. The video had only played for one second, when Zhang Yanhang found his phone caught in an eerie standstill—yep, the familiar Time Pause had occurred.
And with the Time Pause came Zhang Yanhang’s adventure options for the day.
[Would you like to use an online shopping app on your phone to purchase fruit?]
[Option One: Yes (Although you’ve obtained the Grain Avoidance Ability due to your promotion to Second Tier and no longer need to eat meals, you occasionally still crave fruit. You open the Tmall APP, hoping to find some fruit you like. After careful searching, you decide to buy a big box of Lü Yang’s Ice Sugar Oranges for yourself.)]
[Option Two: No (Knowing that you now have the Grain Avoidance Ability, you aren’t really in the mood for fruit. With that special thought, you accidentally open the Taobao APP. Although you also look up information about fruit, you don’t find any kind that tempts you to buy.)]
[Option Three: Black plums (Just as you were browsing videos related to Black plum on your phone, you open Pinduoduo APP, interested in verifying whether Black plums are really sweet. After confirming that the Black plums you found are likely genuine, you instantly place an order for ten pounds of Black plums. On the day the Black plums are delivered, you unexpectedly discover a mutated Black plum inside that has undergone a change due to unknown reasons during transportation.)]
"Today’s Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures have finally arrived—a mutated Black plum. I’m not sure what kind of benefits it will bring me, but since the option doesn’t indicate it’s poisonous, once I eat it, I’ll naturally find out the specific effects of this Black plum."
Although the specific effects of the Black plum weren’t indicated in the options this time, Zhang Yanhang wasn’t particularly surprised. Or rather, this was quite common; in fact, a considerable number of the Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures he encountered in adventure options didn’t specify their effects.